The noise about Speedway sound had me wondering how loud is Formula One? There is nothing like the sound of a pack of F1 cars at full throttle. Its one aspect that TV can not convey even if you have the best home theatre. Engines spinning at 18-19,000 rpm
This is a really interesting cycling site from Jim Langley who was the chief Technical Editor for “the world’s largest cycling publication,” Bicycling Magazine for 10 years (’89 to ’99). Loads of advice and links to other sites. Link: Jim Langley — Bicycle Aficionado.
Sports
Ellen MacArthur's 75-foot multihull, B&Q, is in Falmouth to on standby for her attempt on the solo, non-stop round the world record. Keep an eye on the website... Link: Team Ellen.
Autodesk University
Just getting the "It's actually happening" feeling for the Autodesk University trip. It seems like months since I booked because it is! I leave on Saturday for as have some time in San Francisco before the main event. Will be posting travel notes to the CAD
Bose have been working on "electromagnetic suspension" for cars. Replacing air or hydraulics has the promise of better ride and handling. Their web site has lots of info on their system including Quicktime videos of a Lexus with the prototype system installed. Link: Bose Learning Center - Suspension
Well they shouldn't. Western Springs has been used for Speedway for 75 years. For 75 years you have known that living near there means you will hear speedway every Saturday night during the speedway season. If you don't like that don't complain: live somewhere
Weblogs
When adding an image to an article I found it was a little small. The new TypePad post editor allows you to resize the image with grips. Nice!
145ft (44m) is rather too close when you are talking about aircraft separation... Link: ComPilots.com - Aviation Portal - South Korean airliner avoided mid-air collision. A South Korean Boeing 747 carrying hundreds of passengers came within 145 feet of hitting another jet...
AutoCAD
Jimmy Bergmark has just launched a new CAD related Blog with code samples, tips & trix, news and other stuff related to CAD, engineering, software development and more. Welcome to Blogging Jimmy! Link to Site: JTB World Blog If you want to subscribe using a RSS Aggregator use this: http:
MindManager
Nick Duffill (Cofounder of Gyronix) has a wonderful explaination of why mapping can be far more effective than plain text. He demonstrates how the relationship and context of information can be represented visually, by the map structure, when the actual content is totally meaningless. A great demonstration of the power
The Warehouse Group Ltd
Link: Result announcement Link: NZ Herald Business News - Red sheds' sales down 2.6 per cent. Red sheds' sales down 2.6 per cent 10.11.2004 By PETER GRIFFIN Shares in the country's largest retailer, The Warehouse, sunk to a five-year low yesterday...
Clive Anderson's Chat Room on BBC Radio 2 is a great comic review of the weeks news. My favourite quote from this weeks edition was Jeremy Hardy commenting on the US elections: "Bush has launched the war on terror but he's going to expand to
